Some exercise for the big boy..Jag!

[zina10]

Jag broke his yearly fast a couple of rats ago, so he gets to have some "out" time. Have had him for 9 years now and he has always been a sweetheart. I love how his colors and pattern have aged. He has such a pixelated look to him and in person the colors are so rich and almost metallic looking. Love him


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[EL-Ziggy]

What a handsome critter! He's definitely a big boy.

[Craiga 01453]

He's definitely a big boy! And a damn good looking boy too!

[richardhind1972]

Great markings on that big guy


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[Dianne]

He’s a handsome fella!

[tttaylorrr]

Jag is honestly one of my favorites of your collection, which is saying something considering your collection.

i love a big boy. Yellow has been absolutely destroying his food lately and it makes me so happy.

thanks for sharing!!!

[CALM Pythons]

He’s very different looking and its really Cool. His pattern is anything but normal. Really Wild, Jungle looking to like he belongs somewhere up in a Tree.


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[zina10]

Thanks all

I'm going to make a couple of modifications to his cage. Basically giving him a bigger shelf. The shelf he has now doesn't extend all the way into the corner and doesn't hug the walls, so his big body hangs over the edges in the back sometimes

So I'm going to build a new shelf that hugs the side and back wall and extends all the way into the corner. Will still be supported by 3 legs on each corner. Then I will either fasten some driftwood across the front edge, like I did now, or think of something else to make it look more naturalistic, while keeping it comfortable for him.

I love those home made corner shelves, because they provide extra real estate for big snakes, and they provide another hide underneath of them. Especially when you let fake plants drape down the front edge onto the floor.

I want his cage to look somewhat naturalistic, but keep it easy to maintain. He is heavy and he crushes even strong, fake plants. So his cage has 3 main parts. Shelf, Round Hide and Water bowl. The rest is some deco that can be changed/renewed. I like to keep him on dark substrate.

He usually mostly hides and even though he is big, the 3 foot Neodesha seems adequate. But lately I've been playing around with the thought of getting him a AP 11, 48"x24"x18". I want that height so that I can build another corner shelf, I don't like the long narrow shelves that can be ordered with the cage. They are narrow and go along the entire back of the cage, limiting the way once can setup taller hides or deco.

I would probably put under tank heat under the side that his big Hut-Hide sits. He loves that thing and spends a lot of time in it. And then a Radiant Heat Panel above the corner shelf. Making below that shelf and the middle of the cage the "cooler" areas.

It may be overkill, since he is a Ball Python and loves to hide, but for the times that he is out and about, he could stretch more easily and I like having this one Display cage to look at
When I think of the lead time with AP cages though. Sigh. I'm not a patient person and I do not want to wait 6 months. All the other cage makers do not offer the height that I want. Truthfully, I would love another Neodesha, the 48 inch one, but their store has disappeared online and they went to a ebay store only. And no cages offered as of yet. SIGH.

[zina10]

Jag is honestly one of my favorites of your collection, which is saying something considering your collection.

i love a big boy. Yellow has been absolutely destroying his food lately and it makes me so happy.

thanks for sharing!!!

Aw, thank you
Before long your boy will be huge, too, just wait and see

[zina10]

He’s very different looking and its really Cool. His pattern is anything but normal. Really Wild, Jungle looking to like he belongs somewhere up in a Tree.


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Thank you He is a Pastel Yellowbelly. I always thought they brown out quite a bit. But with him, the change only made him more beautiful. I always loved his jungly design. As a little one he was bright yellow and black. Now he is a metallic shade of colors. He is so much prettier in person